Mostly About Organized Crime

09/19/2013

In May 2010 thirty-four defendants were charged for their alleged roles in a $2 billion gambling ring run by the Lucchese family, and yesterday the first status conference in nearly two years was held in the case as reported by Ben Horowitz for The Star-Ledger. In the meantime, three defendants have died including Alfonso Cataldo who was the main cause for the case delay by an unsuccessful claim that he was entitled to a public defender. Among the remaining defendants are reputed NY-based Lucchese leaders
Joseph DiNapoli and Matthew Madonna, and reputed NJ-based family
overseers Ralph Perna and Nicodemo Scarfo Jr.

03/07/2012

Reputed Lucchese associate Alfonso Cataldo claims he's too poor to afford a lawyer to defend him against gambling charges but apparently records show that he and his wife own three homes in Morris County, NJ worth more than $2 million and the pair were making monthly mortgage payments between $3,300 and $4,500 on two of those properties as reported by George Anastasia for philly.com.